2nd Circuit Rejects Objections To New York Times Auto-Renewal Settlement

( February 19, 2026, 8:13 AM EST) -- NEW YORK — The Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals upheld a trial court’s approval of a $2,375,000 settlement to be paid by The New York Times Co. to end a class complaint accusing the newspaper publisher of engaging in an illegal “automatic renewal” scheme over objections by a California attorney who has both litigated class actions and participated in a number of class actions as an objector....